Sinhala (සිංහල) stringlengths 2 127 | Type of FOS stringclasses 54
values | Literal / visual image stringlengths 3 224 ⌀ | Corresponding FOS in English stringlengths 5 127 ⌀ | What it really implies stringlengths 4 279 ⌀ | Additional Context stringclasses 125
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නොසැහෙන සේ බණිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Scolding endlessly/unsuitably | Come down like a ton of bricks | to speak very angrily to someone because they have done something wrong or to punish them severel | null |
කට ළඟටම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Right up to the mouth | To the brim | to the top | null |
උතුරා යන තැනට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | To the place of overflowing | To the brim | to the top | null |
සිහිසන් කරවනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making conscious | Bring round | to convince (another person, usually an opponent) of an opinion or point of view | null |
බැඳලා ගැහුවත්, ගහලා බැන්දත් එකයි | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Whether tied and hit, or hit and tied, it is one | As broad as it's long | amounting to the same thing | null |
බුම්මාගන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Frowning/Sulking | In a brown study | in a reverie or daydream | null |
දිරච්ච අත්ත | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Rotten branch | Broken reed | a weak, unreliable, or ineffectual person | null |
වචන හුවමාරුවක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | An exchange of words | A brush | have an argument or disagreement with them | null |
අතේ පයේ බලය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Power of hand and foot | Brute force | physical force or strength, especially in contrast to other ways of achieving something, such as skill or intelligence | null |
කට ගහනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hitting mouth | Butt in | to mix into (another's business, a conversation, etc.) | null |
නුදුරු අනාගත | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not-far future | By and by | eventually | null |
ගිය දේ ගියා වේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Let gone things be gone | Let bygones be bygones | to agree to forget past quarrels | null |
කට කථාවක් වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming a mouth story | Become a by-word | a person, place, or thing becomes a proverbial | null |
අශ්වයා තුට්ටු දෙකට ගන්නත් ඕනෑ, තාප්පෙට උඩින් පනින්ටත් ඕනැ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Want to buy the horse for two cents AND want it to jump over the wall | Eat one's cake and have it too | to enjoy both of two desirable but incompatible alternatives | null |
තැග්ගක් දෙන්ට වටිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Worth giving a gift | Take the cake | to surpass all others, especially in stupidity, folly, etc | null |
පද හදනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making verses/lines | Call names | to speak of or to in an abusive manner | null |
අහළකින්වත් තියන්ට බැරි | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Can't even place near | Not fit to hold a candle to | be nearly as good as | null |
ලොකු නම්බුවක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A big honor | A feather in one's cap | a praiseworthy accomplishment | null |
පොල් කටුව අතින් ගෙන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking the coconut shell in hand | Cap in hand | humbly, as when asking a favour | null |
ජරමරයකට අසුවී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Caught in a mess/trouble | In the cart | in trouble or difficulty | null |
ලෝක්කේ කාපු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | World-eaten | Case hardened | made callous or tough by experience | null |
ගොනා පිට හකුරු පටවනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Loading jaggery on a bull | Cast pearls before swine | to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it | null |
බීරි අලියාට වේණා ගහනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Playing the Veena for a deaf elephant | Cast pearls before swine | to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it | null |
ඌරන් කවදා ද කහ කැවේ? | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | When did pigs eat turmeric? | Cast pearls before swine | to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it | null |
නම කැලැල් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Scarring the name | Cast a slur on | To discredit | null |
හූනියම කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing a Huniyam (black magic) | Cast a spell over | to strongly attract, charm, or fascinate them, making them completely captivated or enchanted | null |
මුහුණටම කියනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saying right to the face | Cast in one's teeth | to reproach someone for (an action) | null |
කළුන් දෑත් බිසෝ වුණා ලු | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][වාර්තා] | It is said the dark woman became the queen | A cat may look at a king | A purported inferior has certain rights or prerogatives, even in the presence of a purported superior | null |
බැලුවට ඇස් පොට්ට වෙන වැයි? | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Will eyes go blind for looking? | A cat may look at a king: | A purported inferior has certain rights or prerogatives, even in the presence of a purported superior | null |
නයා පොලඟා වගේ හැසිරීම | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Behaving like the cobra and viper | Cat-and-dog life | life or a relationship characterized by constant quarreling, arguments, and animosity | null |
පණ එපා කියා සටන් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Fighting saying "I don't want life" | Fight like Kilkenny cats | to fight until both parties are destroyed | null |
මොර සූරන වැසි වහිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Raining shark-scraping rain | Raining cats and dogs | it is raining very heavily | null |
නා කපන වැසි වහිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Raining nail-cutting rain | Raining cats and dogs | it is raining very heavily | null |
අත කොළුවක් කර ගන්නවා. | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making a hand-tool/boy | To make a cat's paw of | a person used to serve the purposes of another | null |
හම්බවෙයි | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Will meet / Will get | Catch it | to be scolded or reprimanded | null |
තැති ගැසෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Getting shocked | Catch one's breath | to rest until breathing is normal, especially after exertion | null |
ගල් ගැසෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Stones hitting | Catch one's breath | to rest until breathing is normal, especially after exertion | null |
කරට කර වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Shoulder to shoulder | Catch up | reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached | null |
ගමයට මැජික් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Magic to the villager | Caviare to the general | a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste | null |
ඌරන්ට කහ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Turmeric for pigs | Caviare to the general | a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste | null |
ඌරන්ට අච්චාරු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Pickle for pigs | Caviare to the general | a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste | null |
මුලසුන ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking the head-seat | Take the chair | to preside as chairman | null |
කළුයි සුදුයි වගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like black and white | As different as chalk from cheese | they are completely different from each other | null |
අහම්බෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | By accident | By chance | not planned by anyone | null |
නැති වූ හොඳ නම නැවත ලබා ගන්නවා. | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Regaining the lost good name | Redeem one's character | Fixes one's mistakes | null |
කුණු කොල්ලෙට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | For dirt plunder | Dirt cheap | emphasizing that it is very cheap indeed | null |
යා බදව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Adjoining | Cheek by jowl | close together | null |
මූදේ ඉන්න මාළුවන්ට මිරිස් අඹරනවා. | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Grinding chili for fish in the sea | Count one's chickens before they are hatched | to be overoptimistic in acting on expectations which are not yet fulfilled | null |
කැපෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Being cut | Chime in with | two things are similar or consistent with each other | null |
මුළු සක්වළම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Whole universe | From China to Peru | the ends of the earth | null |
සරුවෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | With fertility/richness | In good circumstances | (of a person) in a good financial situation | null |
සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Clear as a conch shell's whiteness | Clear as crystal | obvious and very easy to understand | null |
අතැඹුලක් සේ පැහැදිලි | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Clear like a nelli fruit in the hand | Clear as crystal | obvious and very easy to understand | null |
අස් පස් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing corner-dirt (cleaning) | Clear up | to make or become clear | null |
තටු කපා දමනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Cutting off the wings | Clip the wings of | to limit someone's freedom | null |
යන්තමින් බේරීම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saving by a machine/little bit | Close shave | a narrow escape | null |
අනූනවයෙන් බේරීම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saving by ninety-nine | Close shave | a narrow escape | null |
කෙස් ගහෙන් බේරිම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saving by a hair strand | Close shave | a narrow escape | null |
අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having become confused/dazed | In the clouds | not in contact with reality | null |
සරුයි | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Fertile | Live, or be, in clover | in a state of ease or luxury | null |
රිංගා යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Crawling/Creeping through | Drive a coach and four through | to completely expose the flaws or weaknesses in something, such as a law, argument, or plan, thereby weakening or destroying it | null |
සැහෙන්න දෙහි කපනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Cutting lime significantly | Haul over the coals | to criticize sharply | null |
ඇඟිල්ලේ තරමටලු ඉදිමිල්ල | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Swelling according to the finger | Cut one's coat according to one's cloth | to make plans and decisions that are based on what you have and not what you would like | null |
පාට වෙනස් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Changing color | Turn one's coat | to change one's loyalty, allegiance, or opinion to a different side, often for personal gain or to align with popular opinion | null |
ඔළුව උදුම්මා ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Swelling the head | Be cock-a-hoop | extremely pleased about something that you have done | null |
සුදු කපුටු කථාවක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A white crow story | A cock-and-bull story | a story that you do not believe | null |
කෙරුමිකාරයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The doer | Cock of the walk | a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way | null |
සිත පිනවනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Pleasing the mind | Warm the cockles of one's heart | to make someone feel pleased or cheerful | null |
මුදල් ගරාගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Raking in money | Coin money | to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly | null |
බෙදාපු හැන් දෙන්ම ආපසු බෙදනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Serving back with the same spoon served | Pay back in his own coin | to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others | null |
එකට එක කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing one to one | Pay back in his own coin | to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others | null |
බොරුවක් කර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having done a lie | Under false colours | to deliberately deceive people | null |
ජය කොඩි නංවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Raising victory flags | With flying colours | very successfully | null |
ගුටි බැට හුවමාරු කරයන් නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Exchanging blows | Come to blows | to begin fighting one another | null |
හට ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking root/birth | Come into existence | to begin to exist | null |
කොටින් කියතොත් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | If said briefly | It comes to this | a situation has reached a certain point, often a bad one, due to a sequence of past events, indicating an impasse or unexpected outcome | null |
අත යට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Under the hand | At one's command | have particular skill or particular resources and can use them fully | null |
කට පාඩම් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making mouth lesson | Commit to memory | to learn by heart | null |
වන පොත් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making open books (reciting) | Commit to memory | to learn by heart | null |
තමන්ගේගේ බෙරේ ගස්ස ගන්ට තතනනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Trying to play one's own drum | Fish for compliments | to try to get people to say nice things about one | null |
හරි හරියට යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going equal to equal | Try conclusions | to engage in an argument or contest | null |
කොරේ පිට මරේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Death on top of lame | Confusion worse confounded | a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage | null |
ජරමර අස්සෙ බර කරත්ත | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Bullock carts amidst the chaos | Confusion worse confounded | a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage | null |
ඇත්ත කියතොත් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | If truth be told | On the contrary | you have just said or implied that something is not true and are going to say that the opposite is true | null |
ඇඟට පතට නොදැනී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not feeling to the body or limb | Cool as a cucumber | very calm | null |
කිසි ගණනක් නැතිව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Without any number/count | Cool as a cucumber | very calm | null |
හීතල ගණන් කාරයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Cold calculator/person | Cool customer | someone who stays calm and does not show their emotions, even in a difficult situation | null |
මත් සැරේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In the intoxication speed | Dutch courage | false courage gained from drinking alcohol | null |
තනි අකුරෙ බලේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Power of the single letter ("I") | Dutch courage | false courage gained from drinking alcohol | null |
සිරිත් ප්රකාර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | According to custom | As a matter of course | as a natural or normal consequence, mode of action, or event | null |
කොකා දිය සිඳන තුරු බලා සිටින්නා වාගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like the heron waiting for water to dry | Till the cows come home | for a very long time; effectively for ever | null |
කළු කපුටා සුදු වෙන තුරු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Until the black crow becomes white | Till the cows come home | for a very long time; effectively for ever | null |
කල්පාන්තය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | End of an eon | Crack of doom | the signal for the beginning of Judgment Day | null |
ඇඟ හිරිවටවනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Numbing the body | Give one the creeps | make one feel very nervous or frightened | null |
හතර බිහිරි කථාවක් කරනවා. | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Doing a four-deaf story | Talk at cross purposes | misunderstanding or having different aims from one another | null |
තරහෙන් පුපුර පුපුරා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Bursting and bursting with anger | Cross as two sticks | someone who is extremely angry, irritated, or in a bad mood | null |
කුඩ මිටි හරස් කර ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Making the umbrella handle cross | Cross swords | to argue or fight | null |
කුණු මාළු වෙන්දේසි කරනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Auctioning rotten fish | Cry stinking fish | To put down or undervalue one's own work or efforts | null |
පොත්තෙන් බේරුණේ නැති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not saved from the bark/shell | Unlicked cub | A rude uncouth young fellow | null |
ශ්රී කාන්තාව වැළඳ ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Embracing the Lady Luck (Sri Kantha) | One's cup (of happiness) is filled | someone has enough physical, mental, and emotional energy and well-being to be content and resilient through life's challenges, typically by engaging in self-care and activities that bring joy, peace, or rejuvenation | null |
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